Business Climate
"Hutchinson is one of the hottest small towns in the country offering solid jobs and a healthy median income," according to the April edition of Money Magazine.

Ranking 41st among America's 50 Hottest Little Boomtowns in America, Hutchinson is a computer-aged company town featuring new age manufacturing jobs and high-tech businesses.

  
Location and a high-technology-based economy are the primary catalysts that have kept Hutchinson growing at a rate twice as fast as the state of Minnesota as a whole.

Major Employers

The table below lists some of the major employers in Hutchinson, along with their primary product area and their average employment.

Company Product/Service Employment
Hutchinson Technology Computer & Peripheral equipment mfg. 1791
3M Corp. Video & audio tapes, adhesive tape 1781
Hutchinson Area Health Care General medical & surgical hospital 686
Wal-Mart Department store 400
Hutchinson Schools-ISD 423 Elementary & secondary schools 350
Case Wise Foods Grocery Store 240
Menard's Hardware store 160
Hutchinson Medical Center Offices of physicians 140
Goebel Fixture Co. Store fixtures 125
Target Department store 120
Shopko Department store 110
City of Hutchinson Local government 100
Econo Foods Grocery store 83
Ag Systems, Inc. Fertilizer & chemical application equipment 75
Hutchinson Telephone Co. Wired telecommunications carrier 70
J C Penny Department store 65
Hutchinson Manufacturing Metal fabrication 60
Hands, Inc Assembly 60
Hutchinson Utilities Comm. Electric & natural gas provider 52
Haugen Furniture Company Furniture 50
Impressions, Inc. Commercial printing 50
Provesta Yeast products 44
Crow River Press Publishing & printing 35
Hutchinson Leader Newspaper/periodical 31
Richard Larson Builders/ABC Building & construction 30
New Dimension Plating Metal plating & polishing 25
American Energy Systems Manufacturing 24
Wahl Rebuild & Repair, Inc. General Machining job shop 23
CreekSide Soils Potting soil/Compost Products 22
Hillyard Floor Care-Supply Chemical products/wholesale 21
McGowan Mfg. Inc. Kitchen cutting tools & accessories 20

    

Hutchinson, Minnesota
Population: 13,243
Land Area: 7.4 square miles
School District:
Hutchinson School District 423